1998 Houston Cougars football team

The 1998 Houston Cougars football team, also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH represented the University of Houston in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the 53rd year of season play for Houston. The team was coached by Kim Helton. The team played all its home games at Robertson Stadium, a 32,000-person capacity stadium on-campus in Houston, for the first time since 1950.

1998 Houston Cougars football
ConferenceConference USA
Record3–8 (2–4 C-USA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDan Lounsbury (2nd as DC, 4th overall season)
Defensive coordinatorGary Bartel (2nd as DC, 4th overall season)
Home stadiumRobertson Stadium
(Capacity: 32,000)
Seasons
← 1997
1999 →
1998 Conference USA football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 7 Tulane $   6 0     12 0  
Southern Miss   5 1     7 5  
Louisville   4 2     7 5  
East Carolina   3 3     6 5  
Army   2 4     3 8  
Houston   2 4     3 8  
Memphis   1 5     2 9  
Cincinnati   1 5     2 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule edit

The Cougars played both the Pac-10 Conference Champions, UCLA, as well as the SEC Champions and overall National Champions, Tennessee.

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 52:30 pmat California*L 10–1433,000
September 127:30 pmMinnesota*MSCL 7–1417,540
September 192:30 pmNo. 4 UCLA*
  • Robertson Stadium
  • Houston
FXL 24–4219,540
September 267:00 pmat No. 4 Tennessee*PPVL 7–42106,417
October 37:00 pmMemphis
  • Robertson Stadium
  • Houston
W 35–1413,140
October 10Army
  • Robertson Stadium
  • Houston
L 28–3818,480
October 24at North Texas*W 31–913,899
October 312:30 pmat East CarolinaFSNW 34–3126,821
November 7Southern Miss
  • Robertson Stadium
  • Houston
L 15–2116,260
November 14at CincinnatiL 43–4416,886
November 212:30 pmat No. 12 TulaneFSNL 20–4826,978
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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References edit

  1. ^ "1998 Houston Cougars Schedule and Results".